New Features in and Important Notes About Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Release 3.6S

This chapter provides information about the new features introduced in Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Release 3.6S. In addition, important notes about this release are also included.

ALG: H.323 v6 Support

Audio and Video SPA Supports High-Definition (HD) Video

Effective from Cisco IOS XE Release 3.6S, the WebEx Node SPA supports the WebEx WBS27SP32 version. This WebEx version supports both High Quality (HQ) and High-Definition (HD) Video on the Audio and Video SPA.

IPsec Feature License for Monitoring and Reporting

From Cisco IOS XE Release 3.6S onward, you can test IPsec features by activating the built-in evaluation license and accepting the End User License Agreement (EULA). You must activate this license and accept the EULA to ensure that the crypto commands associated with an interface are not blocked. For more information about this feature, see the Software Activation Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S at the following location:

USB eToken 64 KB Smartcard Support

Zone-Based Policy Firewall IPv6 Support

The zone-based policy firewall provides advanced traffic filtering or inspection of IPv4 and IPv6 packets. In Cisco IOS XE Release 3.6S and later releases, both IPv4 and IPv6 packet inspection are enabled by default. If you need to bypass the IPv6 packet inspection, you need to configure the pass action. The pass action passes the traffic from one zone to another. When the pass action is configured, the firewall does not inspect the traffic; it passes the traffic. In the IPv6 firewall, you must explicitly configure the pass action for the return traffic by defining a zone pair and a policy map with pass action.

For detailed information about the Zone-Based Policy Firewall IPv6 Support feature, see the following Cisco document:

Field Notices and Bulletins

Field Notices—We recommend that you view the field notices for Release 3.6S to determine whether your software or hardware platforms are affected. You can find the field notices at the following location: